[BUG] No way to show tool tips on the iPad edition of BG:EE

Bytebrain

There's currently no way to see Tool Tips on the iPad edition.
I wonder if the "Highlight" button was supposed to do this?
If not, it ought to...

Another solution could be to double tab an icon to show the tool tip.

I find its an essential part of the game, especially for newcomers to the series, who's bound to get really confused.
It's a hard game as it is, no way to make it harder by omitting an essential feature of the original.

agris

I thought you just had to hold down the button / item to see it?

thelee

agris said:

I thought you just had to hold down the button / item to see it?

for items a long press pulls up the description, but there's no way to "hover" over the buttons. The help button takes care of it, but the more serious issue is that the magnifying glass button doesn't show door entrances, many of which are hidden. I've been entering houses based on pure memory alone.,,

Bytebrain

One of the biggest sites for iOS gaming is toucharcade.com, and on the forums there, people are really having problems with not being able to easily see what each spell does, and having to open the spell book in the middle of combat isn't exactly intuitive.
They could have made some way to implement tool tips in the iPad release, and I think it's really bad form to leave it out.

The same with the problem with the "highlight" button not showing stairs and door openings. People are struggling with that too.

Jalily

Click on the Cast Spell icon and then the Help button. The tooltips will be on the next page.